Arts & Culture

If you don’t remember a game called The Typing of the Dead, you’re not alone. Released on the failed Sega Dreamcast system, this gory, hilariously titled arcade-style shooter was in many ways exactly like its popular counterpart, The House of the Dead. But instead of aiming a gun at the…

Once again, the hippest place to be this weekend is gonna be the Theonix Arts Showcase on Friday, April 18, at Hollywood Alley in Mesa. For its third edition, the monthly music and artistic showcase features performances by the she-punks of The Green Lady Killers, and the rockers of Brewed…

The former member of the Bloods gang signs and discusses his violent, searing memoir, War of the Bloods in My Veins: A Street Soldier’s March Toward Redemption. The reformed banger now heads the To Overcome Discrimination Against Youth (TODAY) organization and represents the Stay Strong Foundation. Thu., April 17, 7…

Kaku’s not your grandpa’s egghead, that’s for sure. In addition to co-founding string field theory — kinda egghead, right? — the hip dude writes for Wired, makes regular appearances on CNN and the Discovery Channel, and pens best-selling books like the groovy Hyperspace that are accessible even to folks who…

Heard of the drug Lingo? Oh, boy, are you missing out. It’ll get you higher than Amy Winehouse while simultaneously ramping up your verbal IQ. As with any designer drug, there are a few problems. There’s the homicidal-rage side effect, plus you may need to deal with a female police…

March showcases the get-shitfaced Irish festival. In May, we have the white-boy/dude/bro-friendly Drinko de Mayo. So what so-called holiday can we waste our pathetic lives celebrating in April? Hmm? Oh, yeah. Duh. The international holiday of cannabis appreciation, otherwise known as 4:20. (We promise we’re not stoned. Well, at least…

You could, we suppose, wander around some of the Valley’s more upscale neighborhoods looking for contemporary homes and hoping to bump into the folks who designed and live in them. But why not, instead, head to the Phoenix Contemporary Design Fair, where people who love things stylish and modern go…

Most of us know that the music industry is a corrupt machine that could give two poops about the little dudes and dudettes trying to expose their sonic art to larger audiences. But thanks to supercool events like Record Store Day, the folks who spend much of their lives overlooked…

Most of us know that the music industry is a corrupt machine that could give two poops about the little dudes and dudettes trying to expose their sonic art to larger audiences. But thanks to supercool events like Record Store Day, the folks who spend much of their lives overlooked…

Most of us know that the music industry is a corrupt machine that could give two poops about the little dudes and dudettes trying to expose their sonic art to larger audiences. But thanks to supercool events like Record Store Day, the folks who spend much of their lives overlooked…

The annual springtime 4.2-mile run honors the late Sun Devil and Cardinal Pat Tillman. Sat., April 19, 7 a.m., 2008…

It’s no secret that we’re college-football freaks. That’s why this time of year is especially trying for us pigskin pigs. For example, we recently, during a fit of boredom, perused various athletic Web sites looking for out-of-town gridiron trips this coming fall. (This was in March, mind you.) But no…

It’s hard to think of a local business circa 1938 that wasn’t the Arizona Biltmore or Goldwater’s Department Store, but a few must’ve existed to service the 12 people who lived here prior to the advent of air-conditioning. We bet all of those sun-blistered natives made beelines to Berridge Nurseries,…

The outside world must think of Arizonans as big, fat poseurs who are always looking to copy character instead of creating their own. And they may have a point. Ten years ago, Los Angeles real estate was busting its load all over mid-century-modern architects. What are we doing? Still freaking…

Any David Lynch film can be difficult to wrap your head around, but to cram the documentary Lynch (one) (2007), Inland Empire (2006), The Short Films of David Lynch (2002), and Eraserhead (1977) into a single package like the David Lynch Marathon is downright diabolical, and we couldn’t be more…

It’s a shame to give away the one thoroughly bone-chilling scare in Zombie Strippers, but it’s right at the beginning, anyway: The movie is set in the near future, during the fourth term of President George W. Bush. As one might expect in such a world, strip clubs have been…

Looking for a dead-on definition of the Freudian id? How about a Hollywood blockbuster with a car chase? ASU’s Dr. Diane Gruber brings some super-ego to bear on the exploding-auto genre with her “Wheels on Reels, or 0 to 60 in 24 frames/second” program, which features car-centric clips from the…

Spring is here, which means love is in the air (or so they say). Some will dabble in surface-level infatuations that sate them for a few weeks or months, while others will begin building lasting castles in the sky with their newly acquired snuggle bunnies. Know this, though — the…

Personally, we find puppets off-putting and a little creepy, and that’s why the Phillip Huber Marionettes were the perfect fit for Spike Jonze’s fantastical film Being John Malkovich. Given our revulsion toward things with strings, it probably sounds like a backhanded compliment to say that Huber is the world’s primo…

James Garcia’s new one-act couldn’t be more timely. Dream Act, a co-production of Colores Actors-Writers Workshop and ASU Gammage, tells the story of grad student Victoria Nava, who came to America from Mexico as a baby with her parents. Because her folks crossed the border illegally, Nava is an undocumented…